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    Market’s Not Getting Burned by AK Fire…Yet

    Written by Tim Triplett


    The fire at AK Steel’s Middletown Works has had little effect on the steel market, at least so far, report service center executives polled by Steel Market Update.

    Firefighters from four departments rushed to the mill on Saturday morning to find that a ladle had malfunctioned, releasing liquid steel into the facility, igniting a large fire. No employees were injured.

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